LETTER: Honor Flight meaningful for veterans

Tuesday

Dear Editor: I wanted to make sure that the many people involved in the May 18 Honor Flight are thanked graciously and publicly. When my father first told me he was going, I was thrilled for him.

Dear Editor: I wanted to make sure that the many people involved in the May 18 Honor Flight are thanked graciously and publicly. When my father first told me he was going, I was thrilled for him. I arrived at Bama Air at 5:15 a.m. that morning and walked into the terminal to find more than 200 people, both veterans and their guardians for the day, waiting with keen anticipation. It was quite a sight to see that many older veterans mobile and ready to move out. Although it was a rainy misty morning, spirits were high. The handshakes and hugs of old friends, several who actually served together in either World War II or the Korean War, brought tears to my eyes. The Rotary Club of Tuscaloosa, under the superb direction of Jordan Plaster, chairman of the Tuscaloosa Rotary Honor Flight, deserves a loud round of applause for getting our honorable veterans to Washington, D.C., to finally see the memorials that belong to them and their families. To all of the volunteers who were involved in this year’s event, I genuinely salute you.

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